Geoengineering the Great Barrier Reef needs strong rules
Aug 01, 2018 14:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The Great Barrier Reef has experienced extensive coral bleaching over the past two years. Faced with this reality, scientists are proposing a range of options to save the reef. A recent conference showcased new...
Artists' welfare: why it's time to act
Aug 01, 2018 14:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Cauis Norbano Sorice was an actor of secondary roles. His herm (a sculpture of his head, mounted on a long pillar) stood in the porticus of Pompeis forum, by order of the citys senators, when it was engulfed and preserved...
'Digital land rights': co-designing technologies with Indigenous Australians
Aug 01, 2018 14:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Can digital technologies play a role in closing the gap in the 21st century? Our research is focused on designing digital technologies that operate outside existing power structures. That means Indigenous leaders taking...
When is it OK to call an ambulance?
Aug 01, 2018 14:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
When would you call 000 for an ambulance? When a fall results in a nasty fracture? Concern that labour is progressing so rapidly that youll give birth before you can get to hospital? Weakness from prolonged vomiting and...
Nine-Fairfax merger rings warning bells for investigative journalism – and Australian democracy
Aug 01, 2018 14:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
If you value the medias watchdog role in democracy, then the opening words in the deal enabling Channel Nine to acquire Fairfax Media, the biggest single shake-up of the Australian media in more than 30 years, ring alarm...
All-you-can-eat landfill buffet spells trouble for birds
Aug 01, 2018 14:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Among all the types of waste we generate, plastic tends to pose the greatest problems. Plastic has helped save lives in the form of medical equipment, for example. But plastic has also become common in places where it...
Marijuana-friendly campuses? I don’t think so …
Aug 01, 2018 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In the run-up to the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada on Oct. 17, 2018, many universities and colleges are still in a wait-and-see position concerning marijuana use on campus. One university in British...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects